Has anyone ever seen a tool such as this, and where can I get one. The one in the pic belongs to a friend of mine, and I finally had to give it back (it’s only been 3 years,sheesch!). It attaches to a large grinder. It is positively awesome for shaping large amounts of wood very quickly. No there’s no guard or anything to protect fingers or any other body parts. Witch is why I’m told I can’t find one now. You really have to be careful, but man o’ man does it ever (rough) shape wood in no time at all. If anyone can let me know where to find one I’d be ever so thankful.
Bill D. Quality Wood Chips.
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You might look at Lancelot tools , do a Google search .they proably don't have that tool but have others for removing large amounts of wood fast.
good luck dusty
dusty,
Tried one a few years ago and had trouble with the chain being too loose on the disk. As I put it to the wood the chain would stop, and it was not loose enough to take a link out. It might still be around the shop tho. Thanks for the info. But this then is just the beaver for h*ll when it come to removing wood. I took plenty of photos and measurements. I might try to have one cast by a friend who does this kind of thing. Was hoping to find one somewhere. Thanks again.
Bill D. Quality Wood Chips
Sculpture Associates was absorbed into Sculpture House in 1973.
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dgreen,
Thanks for the info. I'll try to track 'em down.
Bill D.
I just sent them an e=mail. Thanks again.
Bill D.
You might take a look at the Arbortech 4" industrial blade. You can see it here.
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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.~ Denis Diderot
dgreen,
Thanks very much for the info. I actually sent them an e-mail and got a response back the next day. The guy that wrote back said, yes, he remembers them being made. But no, haven't been made for at least twenty years. And was surprised to see one " haven't seen one of these for a long time". Something about not being safe ( ???? ). Anyway I wrote back a nice thank you for the info and so quick. AND that if he sees one in a corner I WANT FIRST DIBBS. Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks again.
Bill D.
I just did what you have probably already done: a search for "Sculpture Associates Ltd." That particular company apparently no longer exists under that name, and everything else that came up featured either hand tools or pneumatic tools for sculpting wood, ceramic, or stone.
What you have is very interesting in that it looks very much like a TS mounted shaper head, but it must be wicked in an "open" or hand held grinder. Chips must fly when you use that thing, and maybe a few body parts if you aren't very, very careful. Maybe that's why the company doesn't come up so easily?
Good luck in your search!
Yea, the chip FLY..you MUST wear gloves AND GOGGLES!!!!! Yes I'm almost positive it was taken off the market because you must be careful. No multi-tasking with this baby. But when used with care it does an outstanding job on furniture and boat work. Thanks.
Bill D.
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Get the Arbortech.
http://www.arbortech.com.au/view/woodworking-information/industrial_20070412135335
I'be willing to bet it's off the market for lack of sales. I remember the tool and it was sold by others as well as Sculpture Associates so that would point to a seperate manufacturer.
Edited 1/28/2009 7:56 am ET by RickL
Don't know where you can buy one, but aliens used a craft very similar to this when I got my first intergallctic ride.
Billy...here's my 2 cents worth. It looks like an old planing attachment for a radial arm saw which had an aux "router/sander" shaft which could be rotated parallel to the table and pulled back and forth over wide panels.
Didn't work all that well because its hard to keep the table flat enough but would thin down a board quickly.
It was a definite carving tool for angle grinders and not a planing head for a radial arms saw or radial drill press. Patternmakers used those planer heads extensively. The carving head shown had a curved face, not flat like a planer head.
Laramie,
Never give it much thought to attach it to anything other than my grinder, hmmmmmmmm ?? I always used it to relieve a log on a log cabin when a log stood proud of the rest (just quicker than an adze). Or shaping free-hand furniture or roughing out log water troughs or log canoes. I'll have to give more thought to other applications. Thanks.
Bill D.
http://www.woodcraft.com/product.aspx?ProductID=124680&FamilyID=926
Have you ever tried one of these. They work well and are fairly easy to control.
Ron
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